The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) has released the 2023 ASPS Procedural Statistics, which showed a 5 percent rise in plastic surgeries and a 7 percent rise in minimally invasive procedures compared to the previous year.
The number one reason that board certification matters for plastic surgery is patient safety. What exactly does board certification mean? Ensuring your health, safety and aesthetic results are in qualified hands means researching and understanding what various credentials really signify.
In 2023, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported over 41,000 breast explant procedures in the United States. But how do you know if implant removal is right for you?
"It's always important to talk about aftercare with the patient coordinator. Massages, nursing, garments – these are the things that can get quite costly. And unless you are anticipating this and know about this, it can be quite an abrupt or shocking cost."
For women with early-stage breast cancer, breast-conserving therapy (BCT), including radiation therapy (RT), leads to progressive reduction in breast size over time, reports a study in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
